New Open World Corporation's New Seven Wonders of the World

Main article: New Seven Wonders of the World

In 2001 an initiative was started by Swiss corporation New Open World Corporation (NOWC) to choose the New Seven Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments for profit.^[12] Twenty-one finalists were announced January 1, 2006.^[13] Egypt was not happy with the fact that the only original wonder would have to compete with the likes of the Statue of Liberty, the Sydney Opera House, and other landmarks; and called the project absurd. To solve this, Giza was named an honorary Candidate.^[14] The results were announced on July 7, 2007^[15] and are:

Chichen Itza

Christ the Redeemer (statue)

Wonder	Date of construction	Location
Great Wall of China	5th century BCE – 16th century CE	China
Petra	6th century BCE	Jordan
Christ the Redeemer (statue)	Opened 12 October 1931	Brazil
Machu Picchu	c.1450	Peru
Chichen Itza	c.600	Mexico
Roman Colosseum	Completed 80 CE	Italy
Taj Mahal	Completed c.1648	India
Great Pyramid (Honorary Candidate)	Completed c.2560 BCE	Egypt